16 to 64? Do y'all allow those under 18 full employment then?
Allow?.....they'd get a major kick up the backside if they didn't, lazy little tykes
16 to 64? Do y'all allow those under 18 full employment then?
I absolutely loved my apprenticeship at BT, called 'Post Office Telephones' in those days. It has stood me in very good stead, so much so that I am still in Telecomms 40 years later.
I simply cannot understand why youngsters dont see them as a viable alternative to Uni these days.
From 16 they are expected to be either in full time education or employment.....
That was also part of my question: why aren't 16 year olds still in school? That would be 11th grade here: or the last part of 11th (sophmore year)and the first part of 12th (Senior year) depending on your birthday) Apparently your system is completely different.
For many years mandatory schooling in the UK ended at 16. Having started school age 5 (or 4 in some cases where birthdays are in August). Many kids go onto college or sixth form. The former tends to be vocational skill courses (plumbing, electrician etc...) while the later tends to be more academic (physics, maths, english etc...).
We have rules on the hours that can be worked which vary depending on age. One of the great things that the EU has done is the Working Time Directive, which has limited hours that can be worked.
It's also worth noting that we have very different ages for when you can do somethings in the UK. You can join the army at 16, you can vote and buy alcohol at 18, you can get married at 16, and so on.
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Sweden:
Age of sexual consent: 15
Drive a 50cc moped, max speed 30 kph: 15
125cc motorbike: 16
Car and bike over 125 cc : 18
Gun license, buying booze: 18
Voting: 18
Joining the National Guard ( Hemvarnet) so possibly going to war to defend Sweden : 16
Unless they changed some since I left 20 years ago.
In my opinion this is a dream that cannot be made reality in the UK. It may be possible to live like the OP states in the vast reaches of Canada or Russia where there are enormous areas of unspoiled uninhabited wilderness but not here. As stated by others we have no land that isnt owned, too many restrictive laws and far too little natural resources to live long term.